Where does “aquanettoyage” come from?
aquanettoyage (French) comes from French nettoyage, from French nettoyer, from Middle French nettoyer, from Old French nettoier, from Vulgar Latin nitidiare, from Latin nitidus, from Latin nitere, from Latin niteo.
aquanettoyage (French): wet cleaning
Ancestry of “aquanettoyage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | nettoyage | cleaning |
| 2 | French | nettoyer | to clean; to wipe clean |
| 3 | Middle French | nettoyer | to clean |
| 4 | Old French | nettoier | Alternative form of netoiier |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | nitidiare | — |
| 6 | Latin | nitidus | shining, polished, glittering; handsome,... |
| 7 | Latin | nitere | second-person singular future active indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | niteo | I am radiant, shine, look bright, glitter,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ney- | to shine; to be aroused, shine; to be excited |
| 10 | Cebuano | -hi | — |